Web applications today are fast-moving, multi-user experiences. Things change all the time by people using the same resources. What happens if someone makes a change to a file someone else is also editing? The updates would need to be pushed out to everyone else involved.

Creating a Feedback App with React and WebSockets

CSS in large projects - particularly applications with frameworks like React - can be difficult to scale. Stylesheets tend to inflate over time when developers become too scared to delete old styles just in case they get used somewhere else. Even if they do, in component-based designs, there's every chance the styles and the code behind it become separated and lost when copying across projects.

Styling React with Fela

Making things for the web is endlessly complicated nowadays. There's so much to choose - the framework, the tooling, the asset management. Try as we might, testing ends up further down the list than it should. In the latest Net magazine I run down ten different ways to use testing to make a better product.

10 Tips For Better Testing

Compared to JavaScript, CSS doesn't seem to get as much fun stuff. Sure, there's things like CSS Grid and snap points, but nothing quite on the level of, say, service workers. Well, with Houdini they both come together and that's all going to change. In the latest Web Designer, we check out the first piece of the puzzle landing in browsers - the CSS Paint API.

Playing with the CSS Paint API

Let's face it. Working with JavaScript can takes its toll on the hardiest developer. Anything that can make that experience better is a welcome addition. Thankfully, in the latest Net Magazine there's 25 different things to help you out.

25 Game-changing JavaScript Tools

Love them or hate them, tests are the backbone of any major project. A great place to start is the humble unit test. But what is a unit test? How do you use them in React applications? The latest edition of Web Designer is here to help you out.

Testing React Components with Jest and Enzyme

If you're looking for a way to get into JavaScript, work with a new API or just want to flex your muscles then the latest edition of Web Designer has you covered.

Create a Data Mashup with Twitter, Flickr and Google Maps APIs

There's no denying that React has taken over as king of the frameworks - for now at least. Suppose you've finally got round to learning how it all works, where do you go from there? In the latest issue of Net Magazine, you can find out.

10 Expert React JS Tips

Welcome to 2018! What better way to see in the new year than by learning something new? While a whole new project can be daunting, how about something a little more freeform? In this month's Web Designer dive head first into the wonderful world of creative coding.

6 Ways To Get Into Creative Coding

This month's Web Designer is a beast. The main feature takes a dive into a bunch of useful techniques for the new "kings of JavaScript". By that, I mean my five top frameworks - React, Vue, Angular, Polymer and Aurelia.

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